Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mr. Thomas May on receiving the University of Arkansas System President's Medal for Service. This award is given by the school's president and cabinet to recognize those who have committed to…

We oftentimes have regulations that prevent any kind of management or work on the forests, which exacerbates the cycle of seeing these forests go up in flames.

I am saying if we are going to do accounting, I think we should take that into the equation because it is all part of the carbon cycle.

I think that the bill is shortsighted in that it only looks at one side of the ledger.

I am very concerned about the environment and how we are good stewards of that.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the thousands of Vietnam war veterans who served our country but are unable to receive the VA benefits they earned and were promised. When Mr. Bill Rhodes from Mena, Arkansas, first reached…

We too look forward to working towards a successful 2020 WRDA. We look forward to working with you and working for our country to do legislation that is vitally important to the infrastructure of our country.

The Corps of Engineers constructs projects critical to the Nation for the purposes of navigation, flood control, shoreline protection, hydroelectric power, recreation, environmental protection, restoration and enhancement, and fish and…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this bill will help ensure that certain Columbia River Tribes have meaningful access to usual and accustomed fishing areas and related fishing facilities as established…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is a relatively small Tribe located in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina. The Tribe was opposed to the construction…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Fleischmann).